Hooped Up

If a week goes by without you seeing a halfcourt shot, a LeBron James chase down block or a shot that finds the bottom of the net from behind the glass — you are probably dead. Thank Tyreke Evans for making you realize that you’re indeed amongst the living.

Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni has been suspended without pay for two games after pleading no contest to drunken driving, according to the NBA.

Nocioni’s suspension begins tonight with the game between the Sacramento Kings and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Nocioni plead no contest to the DUI charge on Feb. 22.

Nocioni was arrested about 2 a.m. Nov. 5 when a police officer noticed his car weaving in downtown Sacramento, hours after the Kings had lost a home game to the Atlanta Hawks.

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Well, that was fast. Days after the Sacramento Kings acquired guard Larry Hughes from the New York Knickerbockers in a three-way trade that also involved the Houston Rockets.

Hughes was waived by Kings GM Geoff Petrie according to Adrian Wojnarkowski of Yahoo! Sports. From the beginning it was the addition of the salary of Hughes that was more important to the Kings ($13 million), that will now melt away from Sac Town’s books this summer like body fat after a P90X workout.

In 30 days Hughes will be free to join any team in the league that is interested in his services.

I will not promise you that this is the last Tracy McGrady trade of the day because who knows at this point.

According to ESPN, the Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks have agreed on a three-way deal that will have Tracy McGrady in a Knicks uniform.

The Knicks will also get Sergio Rodriguez from Sacramento. Houston will get Kevin Martin, Jordan Hill and Jared Jeffries from New York and the right to swap first-round picks with the Knicks in 2011 as well as take on New York’s 2012 first-round pick.

Sacramento receives Houston’s Carl Landry, Joey Dorsey and New York’s Larry Hughes.

Yes sir, dem trade winds are a blowing alright!

Waking up this morning the last team I expected to win the Tracy McGrady sweepstakes was the Sacramento Kings, or any other team not named the Knicks for that matter. Well after some Chai tea and some more research, there it was.

Tracy McGrady shipped off to the Kings, for guards Kevin Martin and Sergio Rodriguez, center Hilton Armstrong and forward Kenny Thomas.

The Kings also reportedly will get hard as nails forward Carl Landry, and seldom-used forward Joey Dorsey. According to ESPN.com, the dust hasn’t settled on this deal yet and the Knicks will try to acquire T-Mac from his new team.

Lets see what happens before the 3PM EST trade deadline.

It was Chris Duhon takes terrible game winning shots / Jewish heritage night at Madison Square Gardens and unfortunately for the Knicks, Duhon took advantage of the occasion and so did Israeli born Omri Casspi with this dunk all over Danilo Gallinari.

This dunk was filled with so much ownage that if it was Italian heritage night, it would have reverted to Jewish heritage night immediately after this rim crusher. Oy vey!

The Sacramento Kings already had the game in the bag against the Rockets heading into the home stretch, but Beno Udrih, Tyreke Evans and Jason Thompson decided to end things proper.

If you’re an investor, Kings basketball is now a buy and hold stock.

Until this play happen, Derek Fisher was the zenith of 0.4 on the shot clock bucket technology. Now like the Terminator 2, Jason Thompson has taken that same technology and upgraded it with a dunk. Sarah and John Connor were absolutely thrilled about it, the T-1000 — not so much.

Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni of Argentina issued an apology on Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.

Police stopped Nocioni at about two in the morning after seeing the South American star’s car weaving on the road. After smelling alcohol, a police officer issued a sobriety test and booked Nocioni into jail. After being released, Nocioni issued an apology statement.

“I want to apologize to the Kings organization, my teammates, my coaches, the fans, the city of Sacramento and my family,” Nocioni said.”Drinking and driving is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. I made a mistake and I’m very sorry for my lapse in judgment.”

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When the Kings selected Omri Casspi with the 23rd pick in the ‘08-09 NBA draft, Casspi became the first Israeli born player to make it to the NBA — and maybe the first sniper too. Read More »